Johnson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the circuit court of, first district, Yalobusha county. Hon. Samuel C. Cook, Judge. Johnson, appellant, a negro, was indicted and tried for an-assault and battery with intent to murder one Green, .was convicted, sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court sufficiently states the facts.
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Erom the circuit court of, first district, Yalobusha county. Hon. Samuel C. Cook, Judge. Johnson, appellant, a negro, was indicted and tried for an-assault and battery with intent to murder one Green, .was convicted, sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court sufficiently states the facts. The record shows that the district attorney in the court below was allowed, over the objection and protest of appellant, to state and to reiterate both in his opening and closing arguments to the jury, that the appellant had not placed his wife…
1Opinion of the CourtEletcher, J.
This was a prosecution for assault and battery with intent to kill and murder. The evidence was conflicting as to which party fired the first shot, and, indeed, as to who was the aggressor in the difficulty.
The special bill of exceptions contains the following statement : “In the concluding argument by the district attorney, he said: ‘Gentlemen of the jury, there is another witness to this difficulty.. Where is she ? Where is the wife he says he loved so dearly ? Where is the wife he called his baby ? If the defendant had wanted a fair hearing of this caso, if he had been willing that the…
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